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But talk may be the best they can do at the moment.

In the meantime, investors have been staring down a three-day weekend of geopolitical turmoil with few market safe havens to turn to.

You can usually expect a classic 60-40 portfolio, with 60% in stocks and 40% in bonds, to stand up to turbulence.

When one falls, the other should rise.

But bonds and stocks have been sliding together over the past month, leaving investors with few obvious places to park their money.

Even the price of gold, a traditional inflation hedge, has slipped around 14% since the war began.

So far, energy is one of the only clear winners.

Investors' big long-term worry is stagflation, the horrible combo of slow growth and high inflation.

See, energy shocks like this can lead to sticky overall inflation.

Workers push for more pay to cover their cost of living, firms raise prices in response, and higher costs spread through the wider economy.

A run of steep price increases tends to crush demand and, in turn, economic activity, stifling growth.

U.S.

stock markets will be closed on Friday, but the country's monthly jobs report will still be released, which could serve up another jolt for jittery investors.

So don't be surprised if markets are choppy on Monday, too.

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